Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGABLE WATERS REGULATIONS 1958 - REG 52

52 .         Certain vessels to be equipped with fire extinguishers

        (1)         The owner of any vessel fitted with an inboard engine or a hydrocarbon cooling or heating appliance must ensure that the vessel is equipped with a fire extinguisher that bears the stamp of Standards Australia and conforms to one of the following standards issued by that body — 

            (a)         AS 1841.1 and AS 1841.4 (foam);

            (b)         AS 1841.1 and AS 1841.5 (powder type);

            (c)         AS 1841.1 and AS 1841.6 (carbon dioxide); or

            (d)         AS 1841.1 and AS 1841.7 (vaporizing liquid).

        (2)         Subregulation (1) does not apply to a personal watercraft.

        (3)         An owner who contravenes this regulation commits an offence.

        [Regulation 52 inserted in Gazette 24 Apr 1998 p. 2163.]